Boot-polishing machine.



No. 837,720. PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.

G. A. PLINOS.

BOOT POLISHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1906.

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witnesses 171087-6074" PATENT-ED DEC. 4, 1906. G. A. PLIINOS. BOOTPOLISHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1906.

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Inventor:

witnesses:

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. PLINOS, OFSALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT-POLISHING MAOHRNE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4,1906."

Application filed January 8, 1906. Serial No. 295,005.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine which may beoperated either by hand or by power and which is universally adjustableto ada t the same to hold and polish boots of di 'erent shapes andsizes.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts setforth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in theclaims thereof.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedboot-polish ing machine, partly broken away and shown in section, w1th aportion of a boot 1llustrated in dotted lines in position for polish-Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, with a shoe illustrated in dottedlines in position to be polished-and, with the side brushes alsoillustrated in dotted lines in an adjusted position. Fig. 3 is an endelevation of the brush-adjusting mechanism, the same being partly brokenaway for the sake of illustration, the annular polishing brush beingshown in connection therewith in broken lines. Fig. 4 is an endelevation of a portion of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 3, show ingsome of the 1partsin a different position.

Fig. 5 is a detai end elevation of the means for clamping the sole of ashoe to the toerest, with a portion of a shoe illustrated in dottedlines in connection therewith. In Fig. 1 a single annular brush isillustrated attached ,to the machine, while in. Fig. 2 two side brushesare illustrated attached to said machine. Fig. 6 is a detail section ofthe annularbrush, taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a detailsection taken on line 7 7 of Fig. 3.

Like numerals refer to like parts through out the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, 10 isa framework having guide-rods 11 11 extendingtransversely thereacross. Two slides 12 12 are adapted to slidetransversely of said frame and are guided by said rods. The slides 12 12are connected by guide-rods 13 "13, extending longitudinally of theframe, and upon said material 34, preferably 0 guide-rods 13 is slidablysupported a base 14, having a column 15 rotatably supported thereon. Astandard 16 is constructed to slide vertically in ways 17, providedtherefor in the interior of the column 15, and this standard hasfastened thereto a rack 18,

into which a pinion 19 is adapted to mesh( The pinion 19 is fast to ahorizontal shaft 20, journaled to rotate in a bracket 2]., fast to thecolumn 15, so that said column and- The bracket form, "in eflect, asingle piece. shaft 20 has a gear 21 fast thereto and meshing into theupper ends of the teeth of agear 22, journaled to rotate upon the column15. The gear 22 meshes into a stationary rack 24, said stationary rackbeing fast to posts 25, which are rigidly fastened to and form, ineffect, a part of the slides 12.

The upper ortion of the standard 16 is bifurcated and as journaledthereon a gear 26, which is fast to a shaft27, said shaft being capableof being rotated by means of a handle 28 or, if desired, by means of apulley rotated by suitable power. The gear 26 meshes into a pinion 29,journaled upon the standard 16, said gear being fast to a'shaft 30,which projects through the bifurcated up er portionof the standard 16and has astened thereto a hub 31.. The hub 31.is provided with two arms32 32, which extend longitudinally thereof and diverge one from theother toward their free ends, said'free ends being fastened to two wirerings 33 .33. These wirerings extend throu h a strip of flexiblefleather, said leather having fastened thereto bristles 35, whichproject inwardly toward the centerthereof. The leather 34 is slitted at36 36 partly thereacross in order. to render the same flexibletransversely thereof. Said leather 34, bristles.35, and wire rings 33form as a whole an annular brush 37. The annular brush 37 is preferablyarranged in the form of a helix and are fast to shafts 41, which areadapted to be fastened by set-screws 42 to shafts 43 43, each of whichis fastened to a pinion 44. The pinions 44 44 are journaled upon a ms 4545, said arms being pivoted to the sha' 27.

The arms 45, together with said pinions 44- screw-threaded engagementwith said bolt and polishing-brushes 39, may be rotated about the shaft27' as a center and are locked in position by suitable clamps 46, eachof which consists of a bolt 47,- which projects through an annular slot48, formed in the segmental ring 49, said segmental ring being fastenedto the standard 16. A nut 50 has 47, said bolt being provided with ahead51. The bolt 47 projects through the slot 48, as hereinbefore described,and also through the arm 45, and by screwing up on the nut 50 said armis clamped to the segmental ring'49,

7 so that said arms maybe set at different angles, as illustrated infull and in dotted. lines.

in Fig. -3. By this means it will be seen that the polishin -brushes 39may be brought be desired,

: rack 56 formed thereon, which meshes into a pinion 57, fast to a shaft58, journaled upon the column and capable of being rotated by a handle59 fast thereto. A set-screw 60,

having screw-threaded engagement with the column 55, looks the post 54in position after it has been adjusted to the proper height. The heel ofthe bootis clamped against a projection {61, extending transverselyacross the late 53, by a right-angle clamprod 62, the horizontal leg 63of which ro' ects through thepost 54'and thevertical eg 64 of which isprovided with. an interiorly-screw-threaded sleeve 65, which'may beadjusted vertically by rotating-the same upon the leg 64. The horizontalleg 63 is screw-threaded and is provided with a nut 66, so that byrotating said nut thearm 63 is moved transversely of ,thepost 54. Thusby rotating the nut66 in the proper direction the vertical leg 64 mayhen-drawn toward 'or moved away from the 0st 54, and thus accommodatethe same to heels of varyinglengths. The clamp-rod 62 is prevented fromrotating upon the post 54 by reason of the fact that the sleeve projectsthrough a slot 67 ,formed in the plate'53. A toe-rest 68 is pivoted at69 to the forward end of the plate 53, so that the same i -may be movedhorizontally upon said pivot to accommodate a right or a left boot orshoe. Said toe-rest is provided with means for clamping the sole of theshoe thereto, said clamping means consisting of two fingers 70 70, eachhaving engagement, respectively, with a rod 71, the rod 71 beingfastened to slides 72 72; The slides 72 72 are ada ted to movelongitudinally thereof in ways ormed in a guide-plate 73, pivoted at 74.to a slide 75, said slide 75 projecting into a recess or guideway 76,formed in the toe-rest 68. The

slides 72 are locked in a stationary position to the guide-plate 73 by aset-screw 77, and

upon the exterior of said set-screw is a sleeve 78, havingscrew-threaded engagement therewith. The sleeve 78 has an arm 79 fastthereto and adapted to project into notches 80, formed upon one side ofa downwardly-depending bracket 81, integral. with the toeedges of thesole of the shoe and locked in position by means of the screw 77. If nowit is desired to bend thetoe of the boot downwardly in order tostraighten out any wrinkles which may appear in the upper of the shoe,the arm 79 is moved upwardly at its right-hand end and locked in one ofthe notches 80. This upward movement of the arm 79 causes theguide-plate73, together with the clamp-fingers 70, attached thereto, to rock uponthe pivot 74 in the proper direction to bend the sole of the shoedownwardly,'and thus straighten out the wrinkles in the upper. Assumingthe parts to be in the position illustrated in Fig. 1, the annular brush37 is now rotated by rotating the handle 28, thus rotating the gear 26and inion 29, to which the hub 31 of said annuar brush is fastened. Ifit is desired to raise or lower the brush, the standard 16, upon whichsaid brush and its actuatinggears are primarily supported, is moved upand down by rotating the shaft 20 when the pinion 18 is in engagmentwith the rack 17 as illustrated in Fig. 4, and after the standard hasbeen raised, to ether with the brush and caring supports thereon, to thedesired eight said standard is locked in position by means of theset-screw 82. Assuming the s'ideolishing brushes 39 39 to be at:

tached to t eir respective pinions 44 and.

shafts 43, as shown in Fi 2,.it will be seen that b 'rotating't'he han e28 and the gear 26 sai pinions 44, shafts 41, and the polishmg-br'ushes39 will be rotated, thus olishing.

the sides of the shoe, and said brus es may be moved longitudinallyofthe shoein order to polish the entire length thereof, as well as theheel, by moving-the standardv 16 and the parts supported thereon,together with said rushes, longitudinally of the guideways 13. Thisaccomplished by moving the horizontal shaft 20 longitudinally thereofuntil the gear 21 meshes into the gear 22. Then by rotating thehorizontal shaft 20 the gear 21 IIO will rot'atethe' gear 22, causingsaid gear to rotate in engagement with the rack 24. Said rack beingstationary, this rotation of the gear 22 will cause the column 15, base14, and standard 16, together with the parts sup-' ported upon saidstandard, to move longitudinally of the guideways 13, thus moving thebrushes 39 along the sides of the shoe and the heel. If it is desired torock either the annular brush or the side-polishing brushes laterally ofthe shoe, it may be accomplished by rotating the standard 16 and column15 upon the base 14. Thus it will be seen that the brushes may be movedupwardly and downwardly .or lengthwise of the boot, thus obtaining anydesired position of said brushes relatively to the boot, it beingunderstood that the polishing-brushes 39 may be moved toward each other,as hereinbefore described, by the rotation of the arms 45 about thecentral shaft 27. 1.

If desired, two shoe-supports 52 may be used for a right and left shoe,and the polishing mechanism as a whole may be moved into proper relationwith either of said supports by moving the slides 12 longitudinally ofthe guide-rods 11, said guide-roc s 11 being made of sufiicient lengthto allow said polishing-brushes and the ,mechanism by which they areactuated to be moved into alinement with either one of saidshoe-supports.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire by-LettersPatent to secure, is

1. In a boot-polishing machine, a support for a boot, an annular brush,mechanism to rotate said annular brush around a horizonfor aboot, astandard, a fear and pinion ournaled on said stander and meshing intoeach other, a brush fast to said pinion, a column in which said standardis arran ed to slide vertically, and a base in which said column isrotatably supported.

3. Ina boot-polishing machine, a support for a boot, a standard, a earand pinion journaled on said standarc? and meshing into each'other, abrush fast to said pinion, a column in which said standard is arrangedto slide vertically, and a base in which said 010- umn is rotatablysupported, said base adapt ed to slide toward and away from said suport.p In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence. of twosubscribing witnesses.

GEORGE A. PLINOS. Witnesses:

CHARLES S. Goonme, ANNIE J. DAILEY.

